From: broeker AT acp3bf DOT knirsch DOT de (Hans-Bernhard Broeker)
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Subject: Re: Non Existant dos pipes - SOLUTION!
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Date: 21 Sep 1999 22:56:51 +0200
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Alex Crowther (mr_spod AT hotmail DOT com) wrote:

> I finnally worked out how to get pipes back in dos, edit C:\config.sys

> [1]
> Remove device=C:\windows\command\display.sys con=(ega,,1)
> and      Country=044,850,C:\windows\command\country.sys

> (or similar lines if yours differ slightly, should probably backup the
>  file first ...)

> [2]
> Reboot ... bingo ... pipes come back :P

Ahhhh... now *that* rings a bell. You're from the UK, aren't you? On the
UK keyboard mapping activated by 'keyb uk', there are *two* characters
that look like the 'pipe' symbol used in MSDOS command lines like

	dir | more

They should look like one vertical bar with a hole in the middle, and
the other without that hole. One is correct, the other isn't. It's
just a matter of discovering which is which (I don't remember which one
is, sorry).

Hope this helps.



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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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